Friday, August 22, 2008

IT News HeadLines (TechWeb) 22-8-2008

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22-8-2008

  1. Microsoft Readies 'InPrivate' And 'Cleartracks' Internet Privacy Tools
  2. China Blocks iTunes Access Over Pro-Tibet Album, Users Claim
  3. Google Continued To Gain U.S. Search Share In July
  4. Memory Stick With 84,000 Prisoner Records Lost In U.K
  5. U.S. Carmakers Lag In Eco-Friendly Features
  6. Health Net Outsources Tech Operations To IBM
  7. GSM Trade Group- 4 Million HSPA Monthly Signups
  8. Web TV Wins Media Olympics; Mobile TV Gets Silver
  9. Back-To-School Spending Slows As Shoppers Seek Bargains Online
  10. Intuit Releases Mobile Account Aggregation Tool
  11. FCC Proposes Wireless Microphone Ban To Boost 'White Spaces'
  12. Remittances Offer Promise of New Revenue and New Markets to Banks
  13. Solar-Powered Nanotech-Purified Air In Medieval Churches
  14. Brazilian Indicted For Operating Shadow Botnet
  15. Wozniak To Developers- If You Know You're Right, Don't Stop
  16. Actors Paid To Line Up For iPhone Launch In Poland
  17. N.Y. Comptroller Advises To Scrap $2 Billion Network
  18. Wind Turbine Success Story- Image Gallery
  19. FEMA's Phone System Hacked
  20. Alaska Air's CIO Weighs In On In-Flight Internet Services

21-8-2008

  1. Canada Gets BlackBerry Bold
  2. Microsoft To Build $500 Million Iowa Data Center
  3. Intel Demos Wireless Power, Robotics, 'Programmable Matter'
  4. EMC Offers Banks FACTA Solution
  5. DNS Flaw Used To Poison Chinese ISP's Server
  6. T-Mobile Shows Off 3G Multimedia Phone
  7. SWIFT’s Exceptions and Investigations Automation Push Lacks Widespread Adoption
  8. NCR Buys NCI
  9. Habib Bank Connects to CHIPS Payments Network
  10. Chinese Police Arrest Bloggers Covering Olympics Protest, Reports Say
  11. Motorola's Jha Shuffles Management, Unveils Multimedia Phones
  12. FCC To Comcast- Stop Blocking Peer-To-Peer Content
  13. Apple Sued Over iPhone 3G Reception Problems
  14. State Street Completes Derivatives Processing Hub
  15. Amazon Cloud Adds Persistent Storage Feature
  16. Windows Vista Gripes Drive 86% Adoption Rate For SP1
  17. American Airlines Launches In-Flight Internet Service
  18. AIG Private Client Group Diagnoses SOA Glitches With BMC Solution
  19. Chityala to Lead E-Commerce at Wachovia
  20. Corel Receives Private Equity Buyout Offers
  21. Intel's Growth Focused On Digital TV, Internet Advertising
  22. Salesforce.com Gets Sharp Rise In 2Q Net Income
  23. Google's Android Phone Gets Green Light From FCC
  24. Palm Preps Treo Pro To Take On BlackBerry
  25. Intel, DreamWorks Team On 3-D Animation Technology

20-8-2008

  1. SaaS Company Replaces Microsoft SQL Server With Oracle
  2. Chinese Gold Medalist Too Young To Compete, Finds Security Consultant
  3. Banks’ Web Sites Expose Users to Identity Theft
  4. Intel Partners With Yahoo To Enhance Digital TV
  5. Yahoo Buzz Drops Source Restrictions
  6. Corvil Unveils Newest Latency Monitor
  7. Apple Acknowledges iPhone Reception Woes
  8. Judge Lifts Gag Order On Student Subway Hackers
  9. Janney Montgomery Scott Announces New CIO
  10. Microsoft To Invest Up To $100 Million In Novell Linux
  11. Cox Confirms Wireless Ambitions
  12. eBay Slashes 'Buy It Now' Fees For Sellers
  13. NYC Brokerage Offers Customers Access to BIDS
  14. Nuance Picks Up SnapIn Software For $180 Million
  15. Shake-Out Looms For World's Unsung Gadget Makers
  16. Ericsson, STMicro Merge Wireless Chips, Platforms
  17. iPhone, BlackBerry Owners Need Their News Fix
  18. IBM Invests $300 Million In Backup Centers
  19. Payoffs Harder To Come By, But Silicon Valley VC Money Still Flows
  20. Princeton Review Security Flaw Outed By Competitor
  21. Visa Pilots Mobile Banking Program
  22. Salesforce.com To Acquire InStranet For $31.5 Million
  23. Intel Offers Details Of Core Successor ’Nehalem’
  24. Google Puts $10 Million Into Geothermal Technology
  25. HP Unveils Ultra-Portable Business Computers
  26. HP Sees Blades, Notebook PCs Sell Fast In 3Q
  27. SEC To Replace EDGAR With 'IDEA'
  28. Overheated iPod Batteries Reported In Japan
  29. IBM Gets Into IT-Enabled Green Consulting
  30. SEC Unveils IDEA, Successor to 1980s-Era EDGAR Database
  31. U.S. Cell Phones Sales Decline

19-8-2008

  1. Dell Cuts Transport Costs Using Probability Theory
  2. Bigfoot Hoax Called A 'Scheme To Defraud'
  3. Intel Unveils Solid-State Drives For PCs, Servers
  4. Microsoft Targets E-Mail Overload With Outlook Plug-In
  5. FCC Moves To Publicize Digital TV Switch-Over
  6. Slower Global Demand Could Hurt Dell, HP
  7. Ubuntu-Maker Canonical Joins Linux Foundation
  8. AMD Plans Updated Server Platform Next Year
  9. TinEye Image Search Finds Copyright Infringers
  10. Dell Ponders Rejection Of 'Cloud Computing' Trademark
  11. Don't Cry For CDMA, It's Far From Death's Door
  12. RIA Firm Fintegra Launches FundQuest’s Platform
18-8-2008

  1. Microsoft Windows To Support Blu-ray HD Content
  2. Google Wants The Airwaves
  3. Sectoral Asset Management To Lease Trading, Portfolio Management Software
  4. Financial Insights Promotes Web 2.0 Collaboration between top C-Level Executives and Analysts
  5. Toshiba Unveils DVD-Enhancing Technology
  6. EA Drops $2 Billion Hostile Take-Two Bid, Enters Talks
  7. Corel Says Private-Equity Firm Pulls Buyout Offer
  8. Visa, Banks In Mobile Alert Pilot
  9. Unisys To Manage Republican National Convention IT Services
  10. Online Crime Map 'UCrime' Illustrates Campus Incidents
  11. Bank of Beijing Adopting VoIP On Its Trading Floor
  12. CompTIA, OnForce Team For Membership Benefits, Training
  13. Qwest, Unions Reach Agreement On Eve Of DNC
  14. Zi Rejects Takeover Bid By Nuance
  15. JPMorgan Introduces Prepaid Card for Workers Comp Payments
16-8-2008

  1. CTO Mathias Drives Agility at Aetna
  2. Hedge Funds Continue to Attract Investors But Face New Challenges
  3. 8 Ways To Make Money Online
  4. Who Will Be Your Next CIO- An Insider Or An Outsider-
  5. Time To Halt Runaway VM Sprawl
  6. Effective SOA Requires Intermediaries
  7. Voice Over Wi-Fi Holds ROI Promise
  8. Outages Force Cloud Computing Users To Rethink Tactics
  9. i2 Shows Supply Chain Software Isn't What It Used To Be
  10. CIO Values- Vercie Lark, CIO, Embarq
  11. Startup Of The Week- Zscaler
  12. Sun Opens Java ME Tools To Developers
  13. Cadence Withdraws $1.5 Billion Offer To Buy Mentor Graphics
  14. Lenovo To Launch DVD-Less Ultra-Light ThinkPad
  15. iPhone 3G Available Online For Business Customers

15-8-2008

  1. Kansas Man Seeks Cable-Box Choice, Sues Time Warner
  2. JPMorgan Introduces Prepaid Card for Workers Comp Payments
  3. Wireless Users Are Waiting Longer For Customer Service
  4. Apps Bring Video Broadcasting To iPhone 3G
  5. Video-Game Industry Sales Slow In July
  6. OOXML Gets Final Nod After Standards Body Rejects Appeals
  7. Social Networking Site Hi5 Nearly Doubles Monthly Visitors
  8. Oracle Reports More Than 23,000 Downloads Of Its iPhone Apps
  9. Investors’ Confidence in U.S. Capital Markets Drops
  10. Android Phones May Hit T-Mobile In October
  11. Meet The EvaPhone- Watch Some Ads, Make Free International VoIP Calls
  12. Global PC Chip Shipments Up, Revenues Down In 2Q
  13. Bigfoot Press Conference Promises 'DNA Evidence'
  14. YouTube User Sues Google Because He Feels He Deserves Something
  15. iPhone Problems Reportedly Blamed On Infineon Chip
  16. Intelligent GPS Devices Tap Away Traffic
  17. Open Source Code On Firmer Ground After Jacobsen Ruling
  18. Intel Develops Wake-Up Feature For VoIP-Enabled PCs
  19. Samsung Software To Boost Smartphone Memory
  20. Ex-Apple General Counsel Settles Backdating Charges With SEC
  21. Google, Microsoft, Yahoo Sued In India For Ads On Infant Gender Selection

14-8-2008

  1. Amazon To Launch Persistent Storage For EC2
  2. Silicon Valley Music Teacher Accused Of Soliciting A Minor Online
  3. Intel Releases Interface Spec For USB 3.0
  4. Twitter Axes U.K. Text Updates
  5. Intel Unveils Smaller Solid-State Drive For Mini-Notebooks
  6. McCain Unveils Tech Policy, Opposes Net Neutrality Regulations
  7. EuroCCP and SWIFT Join Forces on Turquoise
  8. Open Source Copyrights Legally Enforceable, Appeals Court Rules
  9. Apple Expected To Sell 4.5 Million iPhones This Quarter
  10. Microsoft's Cambridge Campus Plan Hits Legal Snag
  11. The Almost-Meteoric Rise of SaaS on Wall Street
  12. Next Generation Automated Phone Technology Market to Soar
  13. NYCE Adds More FIs to its SUM ATM Program
  14. University Of Toronto, IBM To Launch Supercomputer
  15. Bigfoot Caught- Hunters' Site Crashes As Thousands Attempt To View Pix
  16. Psystar 'Definitely Still Shipping' Mac Clones
  17. Linux Foundation Publishes Guide On How To Get Your Code In The Kernel

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